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John Howard is right about British colonialism in Australia
Almost sixteen years after he lost office and his own parliamentary seat, former Australian Liberal prime minister John Howard is…
Netanyahu’s judicial reforms are not the end of Israeli democracy
Watching Israel tear itself apart this week has been like seeing your best friend embarrass himself at a party. The…
The damage of Covid lockdowns is only now becoming apparent
There are still those, like Matt Hancock, who think that lockdowns were an unalloyed good – who, indeed, believe that…
Why do we forget Britain’s role in the Korean War?
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. Sadly, in the British media it will be forgotten that…
Why I’m sceptical about a superconductor breakthrough
A team of South Korean scientists has pre-printed a paper asserting that they have achieved superconductivity at room temperature and…
Ian Botham should take cricket’s problems more seriously
Lord Botham – chair of Durham County Cricket Club and a life peer appointed by Boris Johnson in 2020 – has challenged the findings…
What has North Korea done with Travis King?
Silence is not a common feature in the North Korean regime’s playbook, and this year is no exception. Only this…
The habits of holy pilgrimage
“Will someone steal my coat?” “No, you’re on a holy pilgrimage,” my son’s Irish carer-companion Rosemarie reassured him. We were…
Will Sunak’s identity makeover pay off?
After claiming that Labour is on the same side as criminal people-trafficking gangs, Rishi Sunak clearly owes a rival party…
Listen: Nigel Farage snaps at ‘condescending’ Nick Robinson
Nigel Farage blasted Nick Robinson for his ‘condescending tone’ during a fiery interview on the Today programme. The BBC host…
What the French media can learn from the Farage banking scandal
Geoffroy Lejeune knows how Nigel Farage feels. Like the former Ukip leader turned TV host, Lejeune’s ‘values’ have made him…
NatWest needs radical change after the Farage scandal
There are probably worse things a senior banker could do. Taking all the money and running off to the Bahamas,…
Will the NatWest debacle end the ‘debanking’ scandal?
The NatWest saga is fast becoming a textbook example of what some consider to be an ‘establishment’ attack on minority…
NatWest faces questions over backing Alison Rose
A week is a long time in politics and a day is a long time in banking. On Tuesday afternoon,…
India’s sinister attempt to censor Oppenheimer
Anurag Thakur, India’s information and broadcasting minister, is hopping mad about a sex scene in Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster film Oppenheimer.…
Why Alison Rose had to quit as NatWest chief
Last night, the board of NatWest announced that it had ‘full confidence’ in Dame Alison Rose as its chief executive.…
Shakespeare in black and white
Sarah Karim-Cooper first came to public attention at the cosmetics counter. Her book on makeup in Renaissance theater, Cosmetics in Shakespearean…
Cameron shines at gay marriage reception
It’s ten years this month since legislation to legalise same-sex marriage was passed by parliament. So what better way to…
NatWest, Farage and the decline of corporate behaviour
The story of NatWest Group’s rogue behaviour goes far deeper than Nigel Farage. It now emerges that many more customers have…
Will the Tories learn from Coutts’ mistake in taking on Nigel Farage?
Not for the first time in his colourful life, the perennial rebel Nigel Farage has the establishment on the run.…
Barbie’s critics are the real snowflakes
Hold on: I thought it was the wimpish new left that loses its rag over ‘offensive’ culture. Aren’t snowflakes usually…
The comfort of drinking at the Hound
In the historic downtown of York, Pennsylvania, near the courthouse where the Articles of Confederation were drafted and a farmers’…
BBC issues another grovelling apology
Sorry doesn’t seem to be the hardest word over at the BBC. The Corporation has had to issue another grovelling apology –…
Sunak will have to water down net zero sooner or later
The Uxbridge by-election has thrown Labour into a civil war, or at least a civil skirmish. Keir Starmer has told…
Just Stop Oil have finally met their match
Have Just Stop Oil finally met their match? The splendidly named counter-organisation ‘Just Stop Pissing People Off’ have pulled off…
